similar to: London Beer event today, last reminder

>From Karan's blog: A few of us are going to be getting together for drinks on the Tuesday 29th Oct 2009, everyone is welcome to come along. I'll get there for about 18:15hrs and plan on being around till about 20:00 - Depending on how many people are around and what the feeling is - we might nip around to Ragam ( mostly authentic South Indian food ), a few doors down. There will be a

Hi Guys, Some of us are yet-again going to be getting together for a CentOS Beer evening on the 10th Nov 2009 at the Kings and Queens. The Pub is mostly quiet during the week, has a fair selection of drinks and is central enough to most people in the city. The full address is : King & Queens, 1 Foley St, London, W1W 6DL? Here is a Google Street view of the place http://bit.ly/1PchSO We

Hello We are organizing a trip to Brussels for Fosdem in February starting from London. FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Development European Meeting) is a European event centered around Free and Open Source software development. It is aimed at developers and all interested in the Free and Open Source news in the world. Its goals are to enable developers to meet and to promote the awareness and use

Hello The time as come to drink some beer and talk about our one true love :) Just as a reminder that tonight is the CentOS Beer event in Berlin. More details can be found under [1] I hope a lot of people will be coming, I have flown in loads of goodies to give away. Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Events/BeerEvent ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com

Hey I want to start the next Newsletter early so it can be a little more relaxed. The next release will be the 1. April. I really need someone to *interview*, just drop me a mail and I will send you a few questions. This can be anyone from the community that has some sort of CentOS install. And then I want to introduce a new section called DeskShot where users can show off their workplaces.

Hey We have now published the sixth version of the Newsletter and I think it is time to ask YOU ( the reader ) what we can improve. The current trend is away from really technical details more to a light read and entertaining stuff. Is this a good way to go. Or should we focus more on the technical side again*. Or is the balance right? What do you want to read about? What sections do you want?

Hey I would be happy to maintain such a thing but I would need someone as a backup. Cheers Didi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: J.H. <warthog19 at eaglescrag.net> Date: Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [BKO] CentOS for boot.kernel.org To: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann <ribalba at gmail.com> Cc: bko at hera.kernel.org Didi, I assume you mean with respect to the

Hey The last "Newsletter survey" found that many people are interested in how CentOS is used and what people do with it, I would like to invite anyone who has some spare time or has something to share to write a little article about how they are using CentOS. I suppose interesting stuff would be how many machines, how you manage them, what programs you use, stuff that has happened and

Hey I would like to add the URL http://www.pool.ntp.org/ to the wiki entry TipsAndTricks/Server_Time so people can find different servers to tick.usno.navy.mil Just something like: If you don't want to use navy.mil you can find a ntp server near you under ... Comments? Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de

Hey I just discovered that one of the Promo pages [1] points to a spread shirt shop [2]. Maybe this link should be removed as I don't think Lance is still involved? Or can we take it over somehow? Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Promo/TODO [2] http://centos.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/ -- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com Skype

Hey Looking at the Fedora ML there is some commotion about a Press Kit [1] they are constructing. I am thinking about doing something like this for CentOS. Now comes my question, what do people think should belong in such a kit. Do you think this is needed? Cheers for your help, Didi [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_press_kit -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de

Hey So the final touches should be applied to the Newsletter soon. How are people progressing? Can we get rid of the python install thing? (Timo) Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de

Hey So the Newsletter is finally pretty much finished. Could everybody please just read through it again and make some adjustments. Further how are the translations getting on? Unfortunately I either speak Chinese or Spanish so could I get a heads up on status? Further I am looking into a Newsletter meeting hopefully using VOIP, everybody ok with that? Next message will be the release :)

Hello I was just asked what the logo means and I had to admit that I really had no idea, as it was chosen way before my time. Can someone please enlighten me about the logo. I have tried google but nothing really came up :) Some pointers would be very helpful. Cheers Didi -- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com Skype : ribalba

Hey After a lot of work by Marcus the next Newsletter release is nearing completion. Could some people please proof read it. Cheers Didi ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com Skype : ribalba

Hey While trying to get some svg files of the CentOS logo I found that [1] can't load the images. The urls are : http://gideon.nyarna.com/artwork/centos-new-2.png http://gideon.nyarna.com/artwork/centos-logo-3.png http://files.squirtgun.ca//CentOS/images/logos/centosLogoRound_v001.jpg Maybe someone can fix this. [1] http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Logo Cheers Didi ---- My www page:

Hey And it is this time of the month again when we are about to release a new Newsletter (#0906). Please could people start checking spelling and contribute their parts. The deadline is the 19th of Oct as we don't want to release on a Friday or the We. If someone is interested in helping please contact me. Thank you all for your help. Cheers Didi ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email /

Hey Unfortunately I have to delay the Newsletter for a day as I still have no Interview. Could I also remind people to proof read it. Sorry about this. Cheers Didi ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com Skype : ribalba

Hey Is there an initiative to get CentOS to work with boot.kernel ? Cheers Didi ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba at gmail.com Skype : ribalba

Hey I would like to write a little article on installing hadoop on CentOS. Comments? Can I just go forward with this? Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de